Thanks guys! So much positive encouragement, I'm glad I'm on the right track with this

I would never force DD to eat. My mum really screwed me up with food, similar to TFB, lots of "eat all of this!" and "don't eat so much!" at the same time I use food for emotional needs and have a weird relationship with it sometimes, DH and I love cooking and meal times, so we always make it fun and stress free. We give DD her dinner, and if she doesn't eat, that's fine, lots of smiles, we keep asking if she wants some more, or some of mummy or daddy's. Offering fruit or cheese is a nice idea, we do sometimes offer her dried fruit (because she loves it) but not often...today I'll try the fruit after the meal to see if she wants that. But yeah, we keep meal times fun and intimate. No tv or anything like that. And yep, variety is key. For lunch we have cold meats, cheese, bread sticks, fruit etc on a platter, and DD chooses what she feels like. Funny, some days it's mainly one thing, then another the next day. The tip about making her main meal the one she eats the most of is an awesome idea!! It is usually breakfast, and she used to eat a fair bit. I might try the platter for brekky today? I also think DD is changing her routine up a bit right now.

Thanks so much for the tips and reassurance guys. Some days I'm not too fussed, but the days when DH is gone from 8am until 9pm are the toughest in terms of me feeling relaxed about her eating.

Before this eating 'strike', she was having a weetbix with milk, half a slice to one slice of toast and sometimes half a piece of fruit for brekky, fruit or cheese for a snack, a platter or a light pasta dish for lunch (or sometimes a pita pizza), dried strawberries or apple for a snack and dinner was whatever we wanted or had planned, as well as 3 bottles of milk a day. So I think she's getting a good balance, it's just so different having her eat like a mouse when before she was a machine. I also think now that she's walking, she's a bit more distracted and wants to get away and keep exploring Which is adorable.